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U.S. NAVY

2013P R O G R A M

G U I D E

FOREWORD

The U.S. Navy is the world’s most lethal,

flexible, and capable maritime force. As

they have throughout our Nation’s history, every day our

Sailors operate forward to provide American leaders with

timely options to deter aggression, assure allies, and re-

spond to crises with a minimal footprint ashore.

During 2012, the Navy remained the Nation’s front line in

conflict and in peace. The USS John C. Stennis deployed

twice to the Middle East in support of our troops in Af-

ghanistan, and the USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group

operated forward there for nearly 11 months. We honed

our coalition mine warfare skills in a 34-nation exercise in

the Arabian Gulf. We demonstrated our combined anti-

submarine, missile defense, surface warfare, and humani-

tarian assistance and disaster response capabilities with

22 partner nations in the 2012 Rim of the Pacific exercise.

And we assembled 25 ships and 14,000 personnel to rein-

vigorate Navy-Marine Corps amphibious warfare skills in

Exercise Bold Alligator.

As directed by the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance

Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st

Century Defense, the Navy also formulated and imple-

mented a plan to rebalance our forces, their homeports,

our capabilities, and our intellectual capital and part-

nerships toward the Asia-Pacific. As we continue this

rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific, we will also support

the Nation’s transition from a decade of conflict in

Iraq and Afghanistan by retaining a strong naval force

to support our partners in the Middle East and address

threats to stability there.

To implement the vision of my Sailing Directions and

the Defense Strategic Guidance, we will enhance endur-

ing capabilities—such as our undersea dominance—and

develop new ones to overcome threats to our freedom of

action and to exploit adversary vulnerabilities. We will

field and integrate new unmanned air vehicles into our

carrier air wings and accelerate procedures and systems

to make the electromagnetic spectrum and cyberspace

a primary warfighting domain. We will enable sustained

operations at key maritime crossroads around the world

through increased forward basing and by fielding new

ships such as the Littoral Combat Ships, Joint High Speed

Vessels, and Mobile Landing Platforms with rotating civil-

ian and military crews. We will ensure the proficiency and

confidence of today’s Fleet with today’s systems and weap-

ons, and will continue to attack sexual assault and suicide,

which threaten the safety, readiness, and well being of

our Sailors.

Our Nation and military face unprecedented fiscal

challenges and thus the Navy has had to make tough

choices in building our Fiscal Year 2014 Navy Program.

This program delivers the capacity to meet global pres-

ence requirements and builds the capability to address

the primary missions outlined in the Defense Strategic

Guidance. Through continued innovation, efficiency, and

judicious application of resources, our Navy will remain

the world’s preeminent maritime force.

Jonathan W. Greenert Admiral, U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

MEETING TODAY’S CHALLENGESAND PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE 1A Maritime Nation 2

Sailing Directions 2

Warfighting First 3

Operate Forward 6

Be Ready 7

Rebalance to the Asia-Pacific 8

Foundation for the Future 10

SECTION 1: NAVAL AVIATION 11AIRCRAFT CARRIER 12CVN 68 Nimitz-Class and CVN 78 Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Programs 12

AIRCRAFT 13AH-1Z and UH-1Y Upgrades 13

AV-8B Harrier II+ 14

C-130T Hercules 15

C-2A(R) Greyhound 15

Service Secretary Controlled Aircraft/Executive Airlift 16

C-40A Clipper 17

CH-53K (HLR) Heavy Lift Replacement 17

EA-18G Growler Airborne Electronic Attack Aircraft 18

EA-6B Prowler Airborne Electronic Attack Aircraft 19

F-35 Joint Strike Fighter 20

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Strike-Fighter Aircraft 20

F/A-18A-D Hornet Strike-Fighter Aircraft 22

HH-60H Seahawk 23

KC-130J Hercules Tactical Tanker and Transport 23

MH-53E Sea Dragon 24

MH-60 R/S Seahawk Multi-Mission Combat Helicopters 24

MV-22 Osprey 25

Naval Aviation Training Aircraft 26

P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) 28

P-3C Orion Modification, Improvement, and Sustainment 29

VXX Presidential Replacement Helicopter 30

AVIATION WEAPONS 30AAGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) 30

AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) 31

AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) 32

AIM-9X Sidewinder Short Range Air-to-Air Missile 32

Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) 33

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) (GBU-31/32/38) / Laser JDAM (GBU-54) 33

Paveway II (GBU-10/12/16) Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) / Dual-Mode LGB / Paveway III (GBU-24) 34

AVIATION SENSORS 35Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) 35

ALR-67(V)3 Advanced Special Receiver 35

APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar System 35

ASQ-228 Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infra-Red (ATFLIR) 36

AVIATION EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS 37Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) 37

Integrated Defensive Electronic Counter-Measures (IDECM) 38

Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System (JATAS) 38

Joint Mission Planning Systems (JMPS) 39

Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) 40

Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance (MFOQA) 41

SECTION 2: SURFACE COMBATANTS 43SHIPS 44CG 47 Ticonderoga-Class Aegis Guided Missile Cruiser Modernization 44

DDG 1000 Zumwalt-Class Destroyer 45

DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-Class Aegis Guided-Missile Destroyer 46

DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-Class Aegis Guided Missile Destroyer Modernization 47

FFG 7 Oliver Hazard Perry-Class Guided Missile Frigate Modernization 48

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 48

PC 1 Cyclone-Class Patrol Coastal Modernization Program 50

SURFACE WEAPONS 51Advanced Gun System (AGS) 51

Long-Range Land-Attack Projectile (LRLAP) 51

Mk 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) 52

Mk 38 Mod 2 Stabilized 25mm Chain Gun 53

Mk 45 Mod 4 5-Inch/62-Caliber Gun System Upgrade 53

Mk 54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT) 54

RGM/UGM-109E Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile (TLAM) 54

RIM-7, Mk 57 NATO SeaSparrow Surface Missile System (NSSMS) and RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) 55

RIM-116A Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) 56

RIM-66C Standard Missile-2 Blocks III/IIIA/IIIB 57

SM-6 Standard Missile 6 Extended-Range Active Missile (ERAM) Block I/II 57

SURFACE SENSORS AND COMBAT SYSTEMS 58Aegis Ashore 58

Aegis Combat System (ACS) 59

Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) 60

AN/SPY-1 AEGIS Multi-Function Phased-Array Radar 60

AN/SPY-3 MFR Advanced Multi-Function Radar (MFR) 61

Littoral Combat Ship Mission Packages 61

Maritime Integrated Air and Missile Defense Planning System (MIPS) 63

Naval Fires Control System (NFCS) 64

Navigation 64

Navy Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) 65

Open Architecture OA 65

S-Band Volume Search Radar (VSR) 66

Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) 67

SPQ-9B Radar Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) Radar 68

SQQ-89 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Combat System 68

Surface Ship Torpedo Defense (SSTD) 69

Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System (TTWCS) 71

Tomahawk Command and Control System (TC2S) 72

SURFACE EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING SYSTEMS 73Authorized Equipage Lists (AEL) and Naval Security Forces Vest (NSFV) 73

Battle Force Tactical Trainer (BFTT) 73

Biometrics / Identity Dominance System (IDS) 74

CBRN Dismounted Reconnaissance, Sets, Kits and Outfits (CBRN DR SKO) 75

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Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense - Individual Protection Equipment - Readiness Improvement Program (CBRND - IPE - RIP) 76

Improved (Chemical Agent) Point Detection System – Lifecycle Replacement 77

Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS) 77

Joint Service General-Purpose Mask (JSGPM) 77

Shipboard Collective Protection System (CPS) 78

SECTION 3: SUBMARINE FORCE 79SUBMARINES AND UNDERSEA VEHICLES 80Ohio-Class Replacement (OR) Fleet Ballistic-Missile Submarine 80

SSN 774 Virginia-Class Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine 81

Submarine Rescue Chamber / Diving and Recompression System (SRC / SRDRS) 82

SUBMARINE WEAPONS 83Mk 48 Advanced Capability (ADCAP) Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System (CBASS) Torpedo 83

UGM-133A Trident II/D5 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) 84

SUBMARINE SENSORS 84BQQ-10 Acoustic Rapid COTS Insertion (ARCI) 84

SUBMARINE EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS 85BYG-1 Submarine Combat Control System 85

Submarine Escape (SEIE) 86

Submarine Survivability 87

SECTION 4: EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 89EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 90Coastal Riverine Force (CRF) 90

Explosive Ordnance Disposal / Mobile Diving and Salvage (EOD / MDSU) 90

Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training (MCAST) Command 92

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) “Seabee” 92

Naval Special Warfare (NSW) 93

Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command (NEIC) 94

Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG) 95

EXPEDITIONARY AND SPECIAL MISSION SHIPS AND CRAFT 95Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 95

LHA 6 America-Class General-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship 96

LHD 1 Wasp-Class Amphibious Assault Ship 97

LPD 17 San Antonio-Class Amphibious Transport Dock Ship 98

LSD 41 Whidbey Island-Class / LSD 49 Harpers Ferry-Class Dock Landing Ship 99

LX(R) Dock Landing Ship Replacement 100

MCM 1 Avenger-Class Mine Countermeasures Ship Modernization (MCM Mod) 100

Mobile Landing Platform 101

Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) / LCAC 100 102

EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEMS 103AQS-20A Mine-Hunting Sonar 103

Assault Breaching System (ABS) 103

Naval Quickstrike Mines 104

WLD-1 Remote Minehunting System 104

SECTION 5: INFORMATION DOMINANCE 105COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS 106Automated Digital Network System (ADNS) 106

Base Communications Office (BCO) 107

Base Level Information Infrastructure (BLII) 107

Battle Force Tactical Network (BFTN) 108

Commercial Satellite Communications (COMSATCOM) 109

Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) 110

Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise System (CANES) 111

Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN) 112

Digital Modular Radio (DMR) 113

DoD Teleport 113

Enterprise Services 114

Global Broadcast Service (GBS) 115

Information Systems Security Program (ISSP) 116

Integrated Broadcast Service/Joint Tactical Terminal (IBS/JTT) 117

Navy Multi-band Terminal (NMT) 118

Next-Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) 119

OCONUS Navy Enterprise Network (ONE-Net) 120

Submarine Communications Equipment 121

Super-High-Frequency (SHF) Satellite Communications 122

Telephony 123

INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE (ISR) 124Airborne Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) Intelligence (AAI) 124

EP-3E AIRES II Spiral 3 125

Fixed Surveillance Systems (FSS) 126

Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV) 126

MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) (formerly Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) 127

MQ-8B/C Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical UAV(VTUAV) 128

Navy Unmanned Combat Aircraft System Demonstration (UCAS-D) 129

Persistent Littoral Undersea Surveillance (PLUS) System 130

RQ-21 Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) 130

RQ-7B Shadow Marine Corps Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (MCTUAS) 131

Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) System 132

UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) 133

WQT-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS)/ Low Frequency Active (LFA) 133

ELECTRONIC AND CYBER WARFARE 134Airborne Electronic Attack 134

Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) 134

Nulka Radar Decoy System 135

SSQ-130 Ship Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Increment F 135

Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) 136

DECISION SUPERIORITY 137E-2C/D Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning Aircraft 137

Advanced Tactical Data Link Systems (ATDLS) 138

Automatic Identification System (AIS) 141

Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) 142

Deployable Joint Command and Control Capability (DJC2) 143

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Distributed Common Ground System-Navy (DCGS-N) 145

E-6B Mercury 146

Global Command and Control System–Maritime (GCCS-M) 147

Maritime Operations Center (MOC) 148

Mk XIIA Mode 5 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) 149

Navy Air Operations Command and Control (NAOC2) 149

Tactical Messaging 150

Tactical Mobile (TacMobile) 150

UYQ-100 Undersea Warfare Decision Support System (USW-DSS) 151

OCEANOGRAPHY, SPACE, AND MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS 153Littoral Battlespace Sensing–Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (LBS-UUV) 153

Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) 154

Meteorological Mobile Facility Replacement Next Generation (METMF(R) NEXGEN) 154

Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) 155

NAVSTAR Global Positioning System (GPS) 156

T-AGS 66 Oceanographic Survey Ship 157

Task Force Climate Change (TFCC) 158

SECTION 6: SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS 159Joint High-Speed Vessel (JHSV) 160

Naval Tactical Command Support System (NTCSS) 160

Navy Energy Program 161

Navy Enterprise Resource Planning (Navy ERP) 163

T-AH 19 Mercy-Class Hospital Ship 164

T-AKE 1 Lewis and Clark-Class Dry Cargo and Ammunition Ship 165

T-AO(X) Replenishment Oiler 165

T-ATF(X) Fleet Ocean Tugs 166

SECTION 7: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 167Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS) 168

Electromagnetic Railgun 168

Free Electron Laser (FEL) 169

Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) 170

Integrated Topside (InTop) 171

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) 172

Office of Naval Research Global (ONR Global) 173

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) 174

SwampWorks 175

TechSolutions 176

APPENDIX A 178Navy-Marine Corps Crisis Response and Combat Actions 178

APPENDIX B 192Glossary 192

MEETING TODAY’S CHALLENGES AND

PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE


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MEETING TODAY’S CHALLENGES AND PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

A MARITIME NATION

The United States is a maritime nation with vital interests far from its shores. The U.S. Navy operates forward to provide sta-bilizing presence, deter conflict, and contribute key capabilities to win our Nation’s wars. The Navy’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Pro-gram supports the President’s Defense Strategic Guidance (DSG), Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century De-fense. In executing the DSG, the FY 2014 Navy Program rebalances our effort toward the Asia-Pacific region, sustains our support to partners in the Middle East, focuses our presence at key strate-gic maritime crossroads, and meets the highest-priority capability demands of the geographic combatant commanders.

With its FY 2014 investments, the Navy will continue to provide the ability to respond to a dynamic and complex international environment. The DSG highlights the challenges and oppor-tunities the United States will face, establishes ten primary mis-sions of the U.S. Armed Forces and offers a blueprint to guide decisions about the size and shape of the Joint Force between now and 2020.

The FY 2014 Navy program aligns with the DSG and reflects strategy-based decisions informed by the fiscal constraints imposed by the Budget Control Act of 2011. The Navy made tough choices to ensure a coherent budget that does the following, in priority order:

• Delivers the overseas presence directed by the Secretary of Defense as described in the Global Force Management Allocation Plan.

• Continues the essential, near-term investments started in the FY 2012 and 2013 budgets to address challenges in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific––particularly mine warfare improvements, anti-submarine warfare systems and weapons, missile defense sensors and surface warfare weapons.

• Develops capabilities over the long-term to address warfighting challenges in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific theaters.

• Adds more capacity to our improved capabilities.

SAILING DIRECTIONS

Sailing directions assist mariners in planning a long voyage by de-scribing the destination, providing guidance on which routes to take, and identifying the conditions, cautions, and aids to naviga-tion along the way. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Sail-ing Directions likewise provide a vision of the future Fleet and the tenets and principles that will guide our decisions to pursue that

Indeed, as we end today’s wars, we will

focus on a broader range of challenges and

opportunities, including the security and

prosperity of the Asia-Pacific.

Barack ObamaPresident of the United States

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vision. The vision of the CNO’s Sailing Directions and its tenets of “Warfighting First, Operate Forward, Be Ready” align very closely with the DSG and its blueprint for the Joint Force of 2020.

WARFIGHTING FIRST

The Navy must be ready to fight and win today, while building the force to win tomorrow. This is the primary mission of the Navy and all our efforts to improve capabilities, develop people, and align organizations are grounded in this fundamental responsibil-ity. Quickly denying the objectives of an adversary or imposing unacceptable costs on aggressors are essential elements of deter-ring conflict. To this end, the FY 2014 Navy Program is focused on meeting steady-state presence requirements and addressing current and projected threats between now and 2020, as described in the DSG. Our investment decisions focus first on delivering capabilities, then on building required capacity.

We develop capabilities using an “effects chain” approach that en-sures our forces have the systems, training and logistics support to find the target, fix that target’s position, and complete an at-tack on it. This includes logistics infrastructure to sustain forward operations, sensors to identify and track targets, communications networks to transmit information, trained operators, maintained platforms, and weapons to deliver an effect. To be able to fund the right systems, platforms, or operators to complete needed effects chains we may buy a smaller capacity of them. If threats emerge, the Navy can build additional capacity in the future.

The Navy takes a similar “effects chain” approach to defeating ad-versary capabilities. Navy capability investments are designed to deny adversaries the ability to find, target, and communicate infor-mation about U.S. forces, as well as defeat the weapons adversaries employ against our ships and aircraft. While we invest in capabili-ties to address each link of the adversary effects chain, our FY 2014 program emphasizes certain investments that target vulnerabili-ties, the exceptionally weak links in the enemy effects chain. This focus results in the most cost-effective and sustainable methods to defeat adversary capabilities. For example, defense against anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs) has historically focused on shooting the missile down with an interceptor missile fired from a ship. A more effective method with greater capacity is to deny adversaries the ability to find, target, or communicate about U.S. ships, and to jam or deceive the missile once it is fired so it misses U.S. ships. Our FY 2014 program emphasizes development of these so-called “non-kinetic” methods to defeat threats while continuing to field “kinetic” interceptors for self defense.

To address near-term challenges in the Middle East, the FY 2014 Navy Program delivers improvements to current mine counter-measure (MCM), surface warfare, and intelligence, surveillance,

The Navy has continued to provide the

flexibility our Commander in Chief needs to

meet high-end conventional or asymmetrical

threats.

The Honorable Ray MabusSecretary of the Navy

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and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. MCM investments include continued deployment of the interim afloat forward staging base (AFSB-I) USS Ponce, development of the Mk 18 unmanned under-sea vehicle (UUV) and Sea Fox mine neutralization system, as well as improved manning and maintenance for today’s MCM ships and aircraft. Building on investments from FY 2012 and FY 2013, the FY 2014 Navy Program invests in capabilities to defeat small boat swarm threats through the addition of Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guided rockets for helicopters and the addition of Griffin missiles to patrol craft. The FY 2014 Navy Program also grows capacity and further develops unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to improve maritime ISR with the MQ-4C Triton, the MQ-8 Fire Scout vertical takeoff unmanned aerial ve-hicle (VTUAV), and the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System (UCLASS).

Across the Future Years Defense Plan, the FY 2014 Navy Program delivers payloads and platforms necessary to address Asia-Pacific security challenges. The U.S. Navy’s current undersea dominance is our most important advantage in that region, and it underpins the Fleet’s support to a range of key DSG missions, particularly assur-ing access in the face of growing anti-access and area-denial (A2/AD) threats. The FY 2014 Navy Program sustains Navy’s undersea advantage through continued improvements in anti-submarine warfare (ASW) effects chains that will deny an adversary’s effective use of the undersea domain. Proven platforms such as the Virginia-class attack submarine, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and MH-60R helicopter and new platforms such as the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and ASW aircraft will host new systems and payloads to sig-nificantly improve our undersea capability. These systems include improved sonar processors, new airborne periscope detection ra-dars, the Mk 54 torpedo, and more effective sonobuoys.

The P-8A in particular will significantly improve our undersea ca-pability with its first deployment in 2014. The Poseidon brings a 50 percent higher search speed, longer range, and greater endurance due to in-flight refueling, as compared to the P-3C it replaces. The P-8As ability to conduct radar and sonobuoy searches and torpedo attacks from higher altitudes enhances its search and attack area. The MQ-4C Triton unmanned air system, which will operate from Guam to provide maritime ISR of thousands of square miles of ocean, will complement the P-8A.

The Navy leverages its undersea advantage to enable a secure nuclear deterrent with our nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) and to conduct conventional strike and anti-surface war-fare with nuclear attack submarines (SSN) in otherwise denied ar-eas. The Navy plans to mitigate the loss of capacity that will occur with the decommissioning of Ohio-class nuclear guided-missile submarines (SSGN) in the mid 2020s by fielding the Virginia-class payload module (VPM), which will be capable of carrying 40

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cruise missiles in future Virginia-class submarines. To enhance the persistence of undersea sensing and expand its reach into confined and shallow waters inaccessible to other systems, the Navy contin-ues to develop longer-range and endurance UUVs.

Navy FY 2014 investments also build capabilities to defeat air and surface threats. The Navy upgraded its Japan-based carrier air wing in 2012 to the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and E/A-18G Growler. This air wing will also be the first to deploy the F-35C Lightning II when it enters the fleet, allowing for new operating concepts that employ the stealth and ISR capability of the F-35 alongside the complementary payload capacity of the F/A-18. To improve air-to-air warfare, the FY 2014 Navy Program builds effects chains that overcome or circumvent radar jamming by using improved sen-sors and air-to-air missiles. These improved capabilities will begin to deliver this year on the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and continue with the introduction of the F-35C Lightning II.

Along with the potent anti-ship capabilities of our submarines, the Navy is developing additional options for air- and surface-launched anti-ship weapons. To assure access for surface forces, the Navy is sustaining effective defense against anti-ship cruise missiles and meeting the threat of emerging anti-ship ballistic mis-siles (ASBMs). The Navy will defeat the ASBM threat by counter-ing each action needed for an adversary to find, target, launch, and complete an attack on a ship with a ballistic missile. The FY 2014 Navy Program fields systems that jam, decoy, or confuse the wide-area surveillance systems needed to find and target ships. To shoot down a missile once launched, the Fleet will employ the proven Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) system and SM-3 missile and electronic warfare systems. Navy ASCM defense will similarly rely on “non-kinetic” capabilities that defeat adversary command, con-trol, computer communications and ISR (C4ISR) systems. This will be complemented with kinetic defense using an integrated fire control system (NIFC-CA) that combines the proven Aegis weapon system, new long-range ship-launched SM-6 missiles on cruisers and destroyers, and the new E-2D Hawkeye aircraft. This combination will be capable of detecting and engaging ASCMs hundreds of miles away. To defeat ASCMs at closer ranges, the FY 2014 Navy Program upgrades short-range missiles and electronic warfare systems to destroy incoming missiles or cause them to miss by deceiving and jamming their seekers.

The Fleet of 2020 will include today’s proven platforms and a range of new weapon, sensor, and unmanned vehicle payloads with greater reach and persistence, guided by the Air-Sea Battle Concept. These payloads will fully exploit operations in the elec-tromagnetic spectrum and cyberspace and will retain our under-sea dominance.

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OPERATE FORWARD

To effectively deter potential threats, promptly respond to crises and avert escalation our warfighting capabilities must be pres-ent where conflict and instability is most likely and consequen-tial – the maritime crossroads. These areas, such as the Straits of Malacca and Hormuz or the Suez and Panama Canals, are where sea lanes, resources, and vital U.S. interests intersect.

Our naval forces are at their best when they are forward. The FY 2014 Navy Program establishes the forward posture described in the Defense Strategic Guidance between now and 2020. Specifi-cally, our investments in readiness and supporting infrastructure that implement the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific, continue our support to partners in the Middle East, sustain our alliance com-mitments in Europe, and deliver mission-tailored forces to South America and Africa.

The FY 2014 Navy Program implements innovative approaches to continue operating forward in an era of finite resources. Our investments improve Navy’s forward posture through a combina-tion of rotational deployments, forward basing, rotational crew-ing, and the use of partner nation facilities overseas. Overall, the cumulative impact of ship deliveries, projected operating patterns, and forward basing of ships will yield an increase in day-to-day naval presence in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific between now and 2020.

The FY 2014 Navy Program sustains funding for Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) operations in Singapore and forward bases guided-missile destroyers in Rota, Spain. Each of these changes will in-crease the presence in the Asia-Pacific, as the four destroyers based in Spain will replace 10 rotationally deployed ships from the Unit-ed States that conduct the BMD mission today. This enables six destroyers to rotationally deploy to the Asia-Pacific.

The FY 2014 Navy Program also provides the future Fleet with a mix of ships that will enable a better alignment of capability and capacity with the needs of each geographic region. For example, LCS and Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) will be well-suited for maritime security, security cooperation, and humanitarian assis-tance missions, particularly in Africa and South America. Simi-larly, the afloat forward staging base and Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) are better able to support MCM and counter-terrorism operations overseas. The LCS, JHSV, AFSB, and MLP all use rota-tional civilian or military crews, maximizing the time they remain deployed. By taking on missions from guided-missile destroyers and amphibious ships, these new platforms enable them to deploy elsewhere––including the Asia-Pacific.

The FY 2014 Navy Program expands Navy posture in the Mid-dle East by supporting the forward stationing of five additional Cyclone-class Patrol Coastal vessels to Bahrain and increasing the

Our forward presence will build on and

strengthen our partnerships and alliances

where sea lanes, resources, and vital U.S.

interests intersect.

Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, USNChief of Naval Operations

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capacity of MCM capabilities in the Arabian Gulf. These efforts will help support the eventual deployment of LCS to the region to replace the PCs and MCMs there today. Our rotational deploy-ments of expeditionary warfare ships continue to be focused on the Middle East, but these forces are in high demand around the world. To meet this demand, our FY 2014 Navy Program invests in the next “large-deck” amphibious assault ship and continues ef-forts to ensure our San Antonio-class Amphibious Transport Dock ships and Whidbey Island- and Harpers Ferry-class Dock Landing ships are maintained and upgraded to maximize their operational availability and relevance to today’s missions.

BE READY

The FY 2014 Navy Program ensures the Fleet is ready to meet cur-rent challenges today. The FY 2014 Navy Program continues our focus on the proficiency, confidence and support of today’s Fleet at home and abroad, while addressing factors that detract from safety and readiness.

The Navy’s most pressing challenge over the next decade will be sustaining Fleet capacity while maintaining relevant capabil-ity. Capacity is a function of payload and platform numbers and proper maintenance. Ships and aircraft with poor material condi-tions are unable to deploy effectively and are less likely to reach their expected service lives (ESL), generating earlier replacement costs and capacity shortfalls. The FY 2014 Navy Program improves afloat readiness by ensuring ships and aircraft reach ESLs by fund-ing overhauls and modernization.

Current demand for naval forces exceeds supply, requiring ships to deploy longer and more frequently than a decade ago. For ex-ample, to address growing security concerns, the USS John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group deployed twice to the Middle East and the USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group deployed for al-most 11 months in 2012. Since 2001, the number of annual un-derway days per ship has increased by 15 percent; meeting this demand required cutting maintenance periods short and defer-ring others. In addition to adequate maintenance funding, the FY 2014 Navy Program addresses this high level of demand by imple-menting deployment schedules that afford sufficient time for ship and aircraft maintenance and training. The program will meet the presence requirements of the expected FY 2014 Global Force Management Allocation Plan.

Another important aspect of the Fleet’s ability to operate forward is readiness ashore. The FY 2014 Navy Program provides the re-sources necessary to build, operate, modernize, and sustain shore infrastructure in support of fleet warfighters and their families. The program also sustains both afloat and ashore energy initia-tives to decrease risk to forward deployed forces and lessen the impact of volatility in energy prices.

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The FY 2014 Navy Program complements required capacity with relevant capability. In addition to investing in near- and far-term warfighting capabilities, the FY 2014 Navy Program continues investments in ordnance, targets, training time, and equipment needed for Sailors to be proficient and confident in using the sys-tems they have today.

The FY 2014 Navy Program ensures that the Navy is prepared to harness the teamwork, talent, and imagination of our diverse workforce to be ready to fight and responsibly use our resources. It funds the manpower to meet high-priority fleet needs, including enlisted shore billets to enhance sea-shore flow, additional man-ning for regional maintenance centers, cyber acquisitions, and personnel for LCS crews, instructors, and shore support.

In addition to these manning needs, the FY 2014 Navy Program addresses concerns that detract from the safety and overall readi-ness of the Fleet. Navy continues to emphasize and fund training to prevent sexual assaults and provides the necessary resources for incident response. Additionally, the FY 2014 Navy Program continues a sustained effort to increase awareness, training, and resources for suicide prevention. Both sexual assault and suicide prevention are “all hands” evolutions, and ensuring resources are ready and accessible if a Sailor needs help remains a priority.

The Navy also maintains strong family support in the FY 2014 Navy Program with investments in childcare, morale, welfare, recreation, and youth programs, and provides military-to-civilian transition assistance through the Transition Assistance Program and Veteran’s Employment Initiative to improve job opportunities for Sailors after their service is complete.

Overall, the FY 2014 Navy Program sustains our fleet capabil-ity with effective maintenance, timely modernization, and most importantly, provides our Sailors confidence in their equipment and their skills. The Navy program also continues and expands support for Navy families. In our FY 2014 Navy Program, we pro-tected these investments to ensure our efforts to improve future capability or forward presence do not come at the expense of our readiness and ability to execute missions today.

REBALANCE TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC

A particular focus of our FY 2014 Navy Program is implementing the Defense Strategic Guidance to rebalance our efforts toward the Asia-Pacific region. This rebalance involves each of CNO’s tenets and reflects the sustained and growing importance to the United States of the arc extending from the Western Pacific and East Asia into the Indian Ocean region and South Asia. The region is home to five of our seven treaty allies, six of the world’s top 20 econo-

…you (sailors) are the first thought each

and every time.

Michael D. StevensMaster Chief Petty Officer of the Navy

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mies, and a range of emerging partners with whom we are build-ing networks of economic and security cooperation. Our allies and partners in the Asia-Pacific depend on the maritime domain for food, energy, and trade. More than 90 percent of trade by vol-ume and the majority of global energy supplies travel through the Asia-Pacific by sea, and our ability to deter and defeat threats to stability in the regional fundamentally relies on maritime access.

The Navy has had an important role in the Asia-Pacific for more than 70 years. Today more than 50 percent of our deployed ships are in the Pacific Ocean with almost 90 percent of them perma-nently or semi-permanently based there.

The FY 2014 Navy Program renews our emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region in four main ways: Deploying more forces to the Asia-Pacific; basing more ships and aircraft in the region; field-ing new capabilities focused on Asia-Pacific challenges; and developing partnerships and intellectual capital across the region. Constraints in the current budget environment could delay timelines associated with these efforts.

First, the ship and air forces built and deployed to the region will increase the Navy’s presence in the Asia-Pacific from about 50 ships today to about 60 ships by 2020. The FY 2014 Navy Program will sustain today’s level of carrier and large deck amphibious ship operations and forward station LCS in Singapore, integrate for-ward-operating JHSV into the Pacific Fleet and increase amphibi-ous and surface combatant presence in the region.

Second, the FY 2014 Navy Program continues to implement a plan that will rebalance homeports to sixty percent in the Pacific by 2020.

Third, Navy will continue to field capabilities focused on Asia-Pa-cific security challenges, particularly those needed to assure access. Navy will also preferentially deploy platforms with the newest ca-pabilities to the region.

Finally, Navy will develop partnerships and intellectual capital toward the region. Notably, Navy is sharpening its focus on the warfighting missions that are most important in the Asia-Pacific – ASW, ISR, BMD, air defense, and electronic warfare. Navy is de-veloping its people to serve in the Asia-Pacific, emphasizing the region’s unique geopolitical and operational environment in our training and education programs. And we are increasing efforts to reassure allies and strengthen partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region by leading more than 170 exercises and 600 training events annually with more than 20 allies and partners in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

America is a maritime nation, and we are

returning to our maritime roots.

The Honorable Leon E. PanettaSecretary of Defense

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FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE

On any given day, more than 50,000 Sailors are underway on about 145 U.S. Navy ships and submarines. Approximately 100-120 of these ships operate forward independently or in rotation-ally deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups. More than 125 land-based patrol aircraft and helicopters, 1,000 Information Dominance personnel, and some 4,000 Navy Expedi-tionary Combat Command Sailors are forward on the ground or in the littorals supporting critical missions around the world.

Continued high demand for Navy forces, combined with the im-perative to reduce the Nation’s federal deficit and debt, requires the Navy to make tough choices to ensure our ability to both de-fend the United States and be responsible stewards of America’s resources. The FY 2014 Navy Program is carefully designed to support current operations, emphasize credible warfighting capa-bility, and preserve fleet capacity for presence in key regions, such as the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. At the same time, it reduces some capacity to operate outside these key regions or perform mis-sions beyond the Navy’s core responsibilities. In building the Joint Force of 2020, the FY 2014 Navy Program sustains planned evolu-tions in naval capabilities and facilitates continued dominance of the undersea domain, more effective employment of cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum, and assured operational access through the Air-Sea Battle concept.

The FY 2014 Navy Program ensures that our forces can operate in and around the world’s strategic maritime crossroads where our economic and security interests lie, and where conflict is most likely and most consequential. The Navy’s warfighting capabili-ties, deployed forward, and operated by ready and confident Sail-ors, will continue to deliver offshore options to respond to crises, deter and defeat aggression, and build the capacity of partners and allies today and in years to come.

The following sections of the 2013 Program Guide describe the programs that the Navy has fielded and is developing, which enable the capabilities described above. While some programs contribute significantly to a single capability, many of them are designed to and are capable of supporting multiple core capabilities and mission requirements. The strength of the Navy’s forces lies in their adaptability and flexibility across the range of military operations.

Naval Aviation is a critical component of the Nation’s ability to carry out full-spectrum operations in

the 21st Century––from delivering humanitarian assistance and disaster relief at home and overseas,

to maritime security operations to ensure safe passage of commercial vessels, to high-intensity sea

control and power projection in a major contingency. Helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft operating

from nuclear aircraft carriers, large-deck amphibious ships and shore stations, and helicopters oper-

ating from cruisers and destroyers––complemented by advanced unmanned aerial vehicles––are key

contributors to the capabilities of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

NAVAL AVIATION

SECTION 1

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SECTION 1: NAVAL AVIATION

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

CVN 68 Nimitz-Class and CVN 78 Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier ProgramsDescriptionThe U.S. Navy’s force of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers pro-vide the operational flexibility and warfighting capability to meet all Fleet Response Plan commitments, as well as the combatant commanders’ requirements for persistent presence in support of national goals. The FY 2010 National Defense Authorization Act authorized a temporary reduction in the carrier fleet from 11 to 10 ships between the December 2012 inactivation of the USS Enter-prise (CVN 65), after more than 51 years of service, and the planned commissioning of Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in 2015.

The mission of the aircraft carrier is to support and operate air wing aircraft that conduct attack, early warning, surveillance, and elec-tronic missions against sea-borne, air-borne, and land-based tar-gets in support of joint and coalition forces. Navy carriers deploy globally in direct support of U.S. strategy and commitments. Our carriers continue to play an increasingly important role as the Navy continues to emphasize operations in the world’s littorals. This is particularly important as forward-deployed land-based forces re-turn home to the United States.

CVN 78 is the first of a new class of aircraft carriers in almost 40 years; the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) was commissioned in 1975. While nearly identical in size to Nimitz-class carriers, Ford-class ships are designed with upgraded hull, mechanical, electrical, and electron-ics capabilities. This class of aircraft carriers will also incorporate such advanced features as a new, more efficient nuclear propulsion plant, an Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), Ad-vanced Arresting Gear (AAG), Dual Band Radar (DBR), and a near-ly three-fold increase in electrical-generation capacity compared to a Nimitz-class carrier. These technological improvements, along with a slightly expanded flight deck and other topside changes de-signed to increase operational efficiency, will provide significantly higher sortie generation rates. At the same time, maintenance and manpower requirements for the ship will be greatly reduced from today’s needs, allowing the Navy to reap more than $5 billion dol-lars in life-cycle cost savings per ship throughout its 50-year service life. The follow-ships, John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) and Enterprise (CVN 80), will be built as modified-repeats of CVN 78 and are expected to deliver to the fleet in 2022 and 2027, respectively.

StatusConstruction of Gerald R. Ford, the lead ship in the CVN 78 program, was approximately 45 percent complete in late 2012 at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Newport News Shipbuilding. The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in 2015. Keel laying for CVN 79 is planned for 2015.

DevelopersHuntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Newport News, Virginia USA

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AIRCRAFT

AH-1Z and UH-1Y UpgradesDescriptionThe H-1 program replaces the UH-1N and AH-1W aircraft with new UH-1Y and AH-1Z four-bladed, all-composite rotor system helicopters. The program will ensure that the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) possesses credible rotary-wing (helicopter) attack and utility support platforms for the next 20 years. The H-1 Upgrade Program will reduce life-cycle costs, significantly improve operational capabilities, and extend the service lives of both aircraft. There is 85 percent commonality between the two aircraft. This greatly enhances the maintainability and readiness of the systems by leveraging the ability to support and operate both aircraft within the same squadron structure.

The program includes a new, four-bladed, all-composite rotor sys-tem, coupled with a sophisticated, fully-integrated “glass cockpit.” It also incorporates a performance-matched transmission, four-bladed tail-rotor drive system, and upgraded landing gear. The in-tegrated glass cockpit with modern avionics systems will provide a more lethal platform as well as enhanced joint interoperability. Operational enhancements include a dramatic increase in range, speed, survivability, payload, and lethality of both aircraft, with a significant decrease in logistics footprint. The UH-1Y will operate at nearly twice the in-service range, with more than double the payload, than the UH-1N. The AH-1Z will realize similar perfor-mance increases, with the ability to carry twice the in-service load of precision-guided munitions than the AH-1W helo.

StatusAs of late 2012, 156 H-1 aircraft were on contract (104 UH-1Y, 52 AH-1Z), with 65 UH-1Ys and 29 AH-1Zs delivered through September 2012. The FY 2014 budget requests 26 H-1 Upgrade aircraft. The last 70 aircraft have delivered an average of 37 days ahead of contract schedule at Bell Helicopter’s production facility in Amarillo, Texas.

AH-1Z Full Rate Production (FRP) was achieved on November 28, 2010, and at the same time the H-1 Upgrades program was desig-nated ACAT-1C. AH-1Z Initial Operational Capability (IOC) was attained February 24, 2011 and the first successful deployment of the new attack helicopter occurred with the 11th Marine Expe-ditionary Unit (MEU) from November 2011 to June 2012. This MEU detachment was another program first, as it was the first “All Upgrades” UH-1Y/AH-1Z deployment. The UH-1Y made its ini-tial deployment with the 13th MEU from January-June 2009 and has conducted sustained combat operations in Operation Endur-ing Freedom (OEF) since November 2009.

Both the UH-1Y and AH-1Z have been aggressively deployed ahead of their respective Material Support Dates (MSD), in an ef-fort to support our deployed troops with the most capable aircraft

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available. The H-1 Upgrades program of record consists of 160 UH-1Ys and 189 AH-1Zs.

DevelopersBell Helicopter Textron Fort Wort, Texas USABell Helicopter Textron Amarillo, Texas USA

AV-8B Harrier II+DescriptionThe AV-8B Harrier II is a single-seat, light attack aircraft that sup-ports the MAGTF commander by engaging surface targets and es-corting friendly aircraft, day or night, under all weather conditions during expeditionary, joint or combined operations. By virtue of its Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL) capability, the AV-8B can operate from a variety of amphibious ships, rapidly constructed expeditionary airfields, forward sites––e.g., roads and Forward Operating Bases (FOBs)––and damaged convention-al airfields. Two variants of the aircraft are in service: the Night Attack and the Radar/Night-Attack Harrier. The Night-Attack Harrier improved the original AV-8B design through incorporation of a Navigation, Forward-Looking InfraRed (NAVFLIR) sensor, a digital color moving map, night vision goggle compatibility, and a higher performance engine. The in-service Radar/Night-Attack Harrier, or Harrier II+, has all the improvements of the Night At-tack aircraft plus the AN/APG-65 multi-mode radar. The fusion of night and radar capabilities allows the Harrier II+ to be responsive to the MAGTF’s needs for expeditionary, night, and adverse-weath-er offensive air support.

StatusThe Operational Flight Program H6.0 integrated the digital im-proved triple-ejector racks for increased carriage capacity for Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), fully integrated ALE-47 expend-able hardware and software, adjustments for improving moving target engagements, improved radar capability, and safety im-provements, as well as AIM-120 A/B flight clearance. The AV-8B continues to maximize integration of the LITENING Advanced Targeting Pod, a third-generation dual TV/Infrared sensor pro-viding target recognition and identification, laser designation, and laser spot tracking for precision targeting capability.

Work on H6.1 Operational Flight Program was underway in late 2012 and will offer fourth-generation LITENING, in-weapon la-ser capability for JDAM and Laser JDAM, moving-target calcula-tions for increased laser JDAM effectiveness, as well as software improvements. LITENING Pods have also been equipped with a video downlink, which enables real-time video to be sent to ground-based commanders and forward-air controllers. This fa-cilitates time-sensitive targeting and reduces the risk of fratricide and collateral damage.

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DevelopersBoeing St. Louis, Missouri USABoeing Amarillo, Texas USA

C-130T HerculesDescriptionThe Navy C-130T Hercules––a component of the Navy Unique Fleet Essential Airlift (NUFEA) complement––provides heavy, over-and-outsized organic airlift capability. These aircraft are deployed worldwide and provide rapid-response direct support to Navy Component Commanders’ theater requirements. This aircraft can be rigged/re-rigged (configured) within minutes to transport up to 40,000 pounds of cargo or up to 75 passengers.

StatusThe Navy has started a program to upgrade its C-130T aircraft to meet all communications navigation surveillance/air traffic man-agement (CNS/ATM) requirements. These NUFEA, heavy-lift air-craft are stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida; Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana; Joint Base Andrews/Naval Air Facility Washington, DC; Naval Base Ventura County/Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California; and Joint Base McGuire/Dix/Lakehurst, New Jersey.

DevelopersLockheed Martin Bethesda, Maryland USALockheed Martin Marietta, Georgia USA

C-2A(R) GreyhoundDescriptionThe C-2A Greyhound is the Navy’s sole carrier-based medium-lift/long-range logistics support aircraft, providing time-critical support to Carrier Strike Groups (CSGs). Its primary mission is transport of high-priority cargo, mail, and passengers between the CSGs and shore support bases. A high-wing monoplane powered by twin Allison T56-A-425 turboprop engines and Hamilton-Stan-dard constant-speed propellers, the C-2A can deliver a combined payload of 10,000 pounds to a distance in excess of 1,000 nauti-cal miles (NM). The interior arrangement of the cabin can read-ily accommodate cargo, passengers, and litter patients. Priority cargo such as jet engines or components can be transported from shore to ship in a matter of hours. A cargo cage system or trans-port stand provides restraint for loads during catapult launches and arrested landings. The large aft cargo ramp/door allows for straight-in rear cargo loading and unloading for fast turnaround. The C-2A is capable of air-dropping supplies and personnel. Its onboard auxiliary power unit provides autonomous engine start-ing capability and ground power self-sufficiency at austere bases, providing operational versatility.

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StatusThe aircraft completed a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) to increase operating service life from 15,020 landings and 10,000 flight hours to 36,000 landings and 15,000 flight hours. In addi-tion to the SLEP, aircraft modernization initiatives include aircraft rewire, cockpit avionics systems improvements (CNS/ATM), a new 8-blade propeller system (NP2000), and an anti-lock brak-ing system to improve the ground handling characteristics. Man-dated passenger transportation safety requirements, Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) and Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS), have been integrated into the aircraft. These investments, coupled with future sustainment activities, will ensure the C-2A continues to be the reliable CSG logistics support lifeline until it is recapitalized with a future Carrier On-board Delivery (COD) aircraft in approximately 2026.

DevelopersNorthrop Grumman Bethpage, New York USA

Service Secretary Controlled Aircraft/Executive AirliftDescriptionThe Navy maintains Service Secretary Controlled Aircraft (SSCA)/Executive Airlift in accordance with the DoD Directive 4500.56. SS-CAs are designated by the Secretaries of the Military Departments for transportation of their senior Service officials. The offices of the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Com-mandant of the Marine Corps coordinate with Fleet Logistics Sup-port Squadron ONE (VR-1) for scheduling of Navy and Marine Corps senior leader travel. At the SECNAV’s discretion, other dis-tinguished visitor-capable aircraft are stationed Outside Continen-tal United States (OCONUS) to support Navy senior leader travel. In 2013, three C-37Bs (Gulfstream-550), one C-37A (Gulfstream-V), two C-20Ds (Gulfstream-III), and one C-20A (Gulfstream-III) provide executive transport services. The C-37A/B aircraft have replaced the VP-3A, substantially lowering operating costs. The C-37A/B meets all known international-imposed air traffic manage-ment communications, navigation, and surveillance requirements through FY 2014.

StatusThe first C-37 aircraft was delivered in 2002, a second aircraft in 2005, and two more in 2006. The first aircraft, the Navy’s only C-37A, is based at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and supports Commander Pacific Fleet (PACFLT). The C-37Bs are based at Joint Base Andrews/Naval Air Facility Washington, D.C., and are assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron ONE (VR-1). Ad-ditionally, the Navy acquired a surplus C-20A from the Air Force in order to meet Commander Naval Forces Europe/Commander Naval Forces Africa (COMNAVEUR/COMNAVAF) executive transportation requirements, and it is located at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy.

DevelopersGulfstream (General Dynamics) Savannah, Georgia USA

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C-40A ClipperDescriptionThe Naval Air Force Reserve provides 100 percent of the Navy’s organic intra-theater logistics airlift capability via its Navy Unique Fleet Essential Airlift (NUFEA). NUFEA provides Navy Compo-nent Commanders with short-notice, fast response intra-theater logistics support for naval power projection worldwide. The legacy C-9B and C-20G aircraft are being replaced by the C-40A Clipper, a modified Boeing 737-700/800 series aircraft. This state-of-the-art aircraft can transport 121 passengers (passenger con-figuration), 40,000 pounds of cargo (cargo configuration), or a combination of the two (combination configuration), at ranges greater than 3,000 NM at Mach 0.8 cruise speed. The ability to carry cargo pallets and passengers simultaneously maximizes the operational capability, safety, and capacity. The C-40A has an electronic flight deck fully compliant with future communica-tions, navigation and air traffic control architectures; advanced-technology Stage III noise-compliant, fuel-efficient engines; and an integral cargo door/cargo handling system. Maximum gross takeoff weight is 171,000 pounds.

StatusTwelve aircraft are in the C-40A inventory. The Navy has pur-chased the aircraft via commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) standards using standard best commercial practices. C-40A squadrons are located at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia; Naval Base Coro-nado/Naval Air Station North Island, California; Naval Air Sta-tion Jacksonville, Florida; and Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.

DevelopersBoeing Seattle, Washington USA

CH-53K (HLR) Heavy Lift ReplacementDescriptionThe CH-53K is the follow-on to the Marine Corps CH-53E Heavy Lift Helicopter. Major systems improvements of the newly manu-factured helicopter include new, greater-horsepower and more-capable engines, expanded gross weight airframe, drive train, advanced composite rotor blades, modern interoperable cockpit, external and internal cargo handling systems, and enhanced sur-vivability. The CH-53K will be capable of externally lifting 27,000 pounds on a “Sea Level Hot day” (103° Fahrenheit) to a range of 110 nautical miles and dropping cargo in a landing zone at a pressure altitude of 3,000 feet at 91.5° Fahrenheit, a capability im-provement that nearly triples the in-service CH-53E abilities un-der the same conditions. Additionally, the CH-53K will be capable of carrying a normal load of 30 combat-loaded troops.

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The CH-53K’s increased capabilities are essential to meeting the Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) of 2015 Ship-to-Objective Maneuver (STOM) vision and it fully supports the Joint Opera-tions Concept of Full Spectrum Dominance by enabling rapid, decisive operations and the early termination of conflict by pro-jecting and sustaining forces to distant anti-access, area-denial en-vironments. Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW) establishes the basis for the organization, deployment, and employment of the Marine Corps to conduct maneuver warfare and provides the doctrine to make joint and multinational operations possible.

StatusThe Post Milestone (MS) B System Development and Demonstra-tion (SDD) contract was awarded to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation on April 5, 2006. The program conducted its Preliminary Design Review during the fourth quarter of FY 2008. The Critical Design Review was successfully completed ahead of schedule in the third quarter of FY 2010, and the program has transitioned from the design to the manufacturing phase. The first Ground Test Vehicle is in production with engine light- off projected for spring 2013 and first flight projected for spring 2014. The Marine Corps re-quirement remains 200 aircraft.

DevelopersSikorsky Aircraft Corporation Stratford, Connecticut USA

EA-18G Growler Airborne Electronic Attack AircraftDescriptionThe EA-18G Growler is replacing the Navy’s EA-6B Prowler. Like the Prowler, the EA-18G will provide full-spectrum electronic at-tack (EA) to counter enemy air defenses and communication net-works, most notably Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) and Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM). These capabilities continue to be in high demand in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) where both Growler and Prowler operations protect coalition forces and disrupt critical command control links. The Growler will maintain a high degree of commonality with the F/A-18F, retaining the lat-ter’s inherent strike-fighter and self-protection capabilities while providing air-to-air self-protection to free other assets for addi-tional strike-fighter tasking.

StatusThe EA-18G Growler reached Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in September 2009 and is in Full Rate Production. In December 2009, the Department of Defense made the decision to continue the Navy Expeditionary Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) mis-sion and recapitalized the Navy EA-6B expeditionary force with the EA-18G. As a result, 26 additional aircraft were programmed for procurement for three active and one reserve expeditionary squadrons. All three active component expeditionary squadrons have transitioned to the EA-18G. The first EA-18G deployment

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occurred in November 2010 in an expeditionary role in support of Operation New Dawn and redeployed in March 2011 in sup-port of Operations Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector, where the EA-18G conducted combat operations. The first carrier de-ployment occurred in May 2011 on board the USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77).

As of the end of FY 2012, 75 EA-18G aircraft have been delivered with another 12 aircraft scheduled for delivery in FY 2013. An inventory objective of 135 aircraft will support ten carrier-based squadrons, five active expeditionary squadrons, and one reserve squadron. Full Operational Capability is planned for FY 2015.

DevelopersBoeing St. Louis, Missouri USANorthrop Grumman Bethpage, New York USA

EA-6B Prowler Airborne Electronic Attack AircraftDescriptionThe EA-6B Prowler provides Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities against enemy systems operating within the radio frequency spec-trum. EA-6B capabilities have traditionally enhanced the strike capabilities of carrier air wings and Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) operations. The need for EW has demonstrably increased during numerous joint and allied operations since 1995 against traditional and non-traditional target sets in support of ground forces. The enormous demand for AEA in Operations En-during Freedom and Iraqi Freedom have driven EA-6B employ-ment rates to record levels.

StatusThe EA-6B Improved Capability (ICAP) III upgrade reached Ini-tial Operational Capability (IOC) in September 2005. This gen-erational leap in EW capability deployed for the first time in 2006. ICAP III includes a completely redesigned receiver system (ALQ-218), new displays, and MIDS/Link-16, which dramatically im-prove joint interoperability. The Navy will eventually “sundown” the Prowler and transition to an all EA-18G Growler force by 2015. The Marine Corps has completed its transition to ICAP III air-craft in FY 2012 and will fly the EA-6B ICAP III through 2019. Its planned replacement is a series of networked air and ground EW payloads forming a collaborative system of systems labeled MAGTF EW which will provide increased EW capacity, flexibility and scalability in direct support of the MAGTF Commander and, in turn, the Joint Force Commander. The first implementation of MAGTF EW, the Intrepid Tiger II pod carried on the AV-8B, made its initial deployment in May 2012.

DevelopersNorthrop Grumman Corporation Bethpage, New York USA

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F-35 Joint Strike FighterDescriptionThe JSF F-35 Lightning II program will deliver a transformational family of next-generation strike aircraft, combining stealth and enhanced sensors to provide lethal, survivable, and supportable tactical jet aviation strike fighters. The Navy Carrier Variant (CV), the Marine Corps Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (STOVL) and Air Force Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) “fam-ily of aircraft” designs share a high level of commonality while meeting U.S. service and allied partner needs. The keystone of this effort is a mission systems avionics suite that delivers unpar-alleled interoperability among U.S. Armed Services and Coalition Partners. Agreements for international participation in System Development and Demonstration (SDD) have been negotiated with Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. A Security Cooperation Partici-pant (SCP) Letter of Agreements has been signed with Israel while an SCP Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been estab-lished with Singapore. The CV will replace F/A-18A-C aircraft and complement the F/A-18E/F. The STOVL variant will replace Marine F/A-18s and AV-8Bs.

StatusThe JSF is in its twelfth year of a planned 17-year SDD program. Following a Nunn-McCurdy breach, OSD certified the JSF as es-sential to national security. The DoD Base Realignment and Clo-sure Commission 2005 directed the first JSF Integrated Training Center to be at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. First CTOL variant SDD flight was December 2006; first STOVL flight was June 2008; and first CV flight was June 2010. Initial amphibious ship testing for the STOVL variant occurred onboard the USS Wasp (LHD 1) in October 2011. Initial Electro-Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) testing for the CV occurred in November 2011. Com-pleted roll-in arrestments and initial fly-in arrestments August 2012. STOVL Initial Operational Capability (IOC) is planned in 2015, and CV IOC is planned in 2018. By the end of 2014, the Navy plans to procure 50 STOVL (with 34 delivered) and 26 CV aircraft (with 13 delivered). The first USMC STOVL transition of a legacy F/A-18 squadron took place in November 2012. The first Navy CV transition of a legacy F/A-18 squadron is scheduled for 2016.

DevelopersLockheed Martin Ft. Worth, Texas USAPratt & Whitney Hartford, Connecticut USA

F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Strike-Fighter AircraftDescriptionThe multi-mission F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter is an evo-lutionary upgrade of the F/A-18C/D Hornet. The F/A-18E/F is able

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to conduct unescorted strikes against highly defended targets early in a conflict. The Super Hornet provides the carrier strike group with a strike fighter that has significant growth potential; more than adequate carrier-based landing weight, range, and endurance; and ordnance-carrying capabilities comparable to those of the F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18A/C Hornet it replaces. The single-seat F/A-18E and the two-seat F/A-18F have a 25 percent larger wing area and a 33 percent higher internal fuel capacity that effectively increases en-durance by 50 percent and mission range by 41 percent. The Super Hornet incorporates two additional wing stations that allow for in-creased payload flexibility in the mix of air-to-air and air-to-ground ordnance. It has five “wet” stations that give the Super Hornet in-flight tanker capability, allowing it to replace the S-3 Viking in the tanking role. The Super Hornet is also able to carry a full array of the newest joint “smart” weapons, e.g., the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW).

The Super Hornet has the ability to recover aboard a carrier with optimum reserve fuel while carrying a load of precision-strike weapons. Its carrier-recovery payload is more than 9,000 pounds. The Super Hornet also has the space, power, and cooling capability needed to accommodate valuable but installation-sensitive avion-ics when they become available, including the Active Electronically Scanned-Array (AESA) radar.

Sophisticated systems––such as the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures System (IDECMS), Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR), Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS), JDAM and JSOW, AIM-9X missile, SHARP Shared Re-connaissance Pod, APG-79 AESA radar, and advanced mission com-puters and displays––make the F/A-18E/F an extremely capable and lethal strike platform. Future planned upgrades include Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) and various cockpit and display improvements.

The first operational F/A-18E Super Hornet squadron (VFA-115) deployed on board the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on July 24, 2002, for a ten-month initial deployment that included the open-ing events of Operation Iraqi Freedom. F/A-18E/F Super Hornets remain at the forefront of combat operations. Super Hornet squad-rons have been integrated into all Navy air wings, and with future capability upgrades, are well suited to complement the arrival of the F-35 JSF.

StatusAs of October 2012, there were 211 F/A-18E models and 245 F/A-18F models in the U.S. Navy inventory. F/A-18E/F program of record will complete at 552 aircraft with the last aircraft being procured in FY 2013.

DevelopersBoeing St. Louis, Missouri USAGeneral Electric Lynn, Massachusetts USA

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F/A-18A-D Hornet Strike-Fighter AircraftDescriptionThe F/A-18 Hornet is a multi-mission strike fighter that combines the capabilities of a fighter and an attack aircraft. The single-seat F/A-18A and two-seat F/A-18B became operational in 1983. Eventually, the Hornet replaced the Navy’s A-6, A-7, and F-4 and the Marine Corps’ F-4 aircraft. Reliability and ease of mainte-nance were emphasized in the Hornet’s design and F/A-18s have consistently flown three times as many hours without failure as other Navy tactical aircraft, while requiring half the maintenance time.

The F/A-18 is equipped with a digital fly-by-wire flight control system that provides exceptional maneuverability and allows the pilot to concentrate on operating the aircraft’s weapons system. A solid thrust-to-weight ratio and superior turn characteristics, combined with energy sustainability, enable the Hornet to hold its own against any adversary. The ability to sustain evasive ac-tion is what many pilots consider to be the Hornet’s finest trait. The F/A-18 is the Navy’s first tactical jet to incorporate digital-bus architecture for the entire avionics suite, making this component of the aircraft relatively easy to upgrade on a regular and afford-able basis.

Following a production run of more than 400 F/A-18A/Bs, deliv-eries of the single-seat F/A-18C and two-seat F/A-18D began in September 1987. The F/A-18C/D models incorporated upgrades for employing updated missiles and jamming devices. These ver-sions are armed with the AIM-120 AMRAAM and the infrared-imaging version of the AGM-65 Maverick.

The Hornet has been battle tested and proved to be a highly reli-able and versatile strike fighter. Navy and Marine Corps Hornets were in the forefront of strikes in Afghanistan in 2001 during Op-eration Enduring Freedom and continue serving in Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. The latest lot of F/A-18C/D Hornets is far more capable than the first F/A-18A/Bs. Although the F/A-18C/D’s growth is limited, the Hornet will continue to fill carrier air wings for years to come, before gradually giving way to the larger, longer-range and more capable F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The last Hornet, an F/A-18D, rolled off the Boeing production line in August 2000.

StatusAs of October 2012, the Navy and Marine Corps had 96 F/A-18A, 22 F/A-18B, 374 F/A-18C and 131 F/A-18D aircraft in service and test roles, and two NF/A-18C and two N4/A-18D versions in permanent test roles. Hornets equip 24 active Navy and Marine Corps and three Navy and Marine Corps Reserve strike fighter squadrons, two fleet readiness squadrons, three air test and evalu-ation squadrons, the Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) and the Naval Strike & Air Warfare Center.

DevelopersBoeing St. Louis, Missouri USAGeneral Electric Lynn, Massachusetts USA

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HH-60H SeahawkDescriptionThe Navy’s HH-60H Seahawk achieved Initial Operational Capa-bility in 1989, providing combat search and rescue as well as naval special warfare support as an integral element of the carrier air wing. These capable aircraft are being replaced on board aircraft carriers by the newer MH-60S, but due to significant remaining airframe life, are being retained in two squadrons, HSC-84 and HSC-85, dedicated to special operations forces (SOF) combat sup-port. HH-60H’s use Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sensors, air-to-ground weapons, and robust communications capabilities to provide critical SOF mobility, fires, and logistics support. They are planned to remain in the naval inventory until 2028.

StatusAll 35 HH-60H Seahawks are receiving necessary operational and maintenance capability upgrades to retain combat capability while leveraging MH-60 R/S technologies to reduce lifecycle costs.

DevelopersSikorsky Aircraft Corp Stratford, Connecticut USAGeneral Electric Lynn, Massachusetts USA

KC-130J Hercules Tactical Tanker and TransportDescriptionThe KC-130 is a four-engine turbo-prop, multi-role, multi-mis-sion tactical aerial refueler and tactical transport aircraft that supports all six functions of Marine Aviation and is well suited to meet the mission needs of the forward-deployed MAGTF. The Hercules provides fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and tilt-rotor tactical air-to-air refueling; rapid ground refueling of aircraft and tacti-cal vehicles; assault air transport of air-landed or air-delivered personnel, supplies, and equipment; command-and-control aug-mentation; battlefield illumination; tactical aero medical evacua-tion; combat search and rescue support. When equipped with the Harvest HAWK ISR / Weapon Mission kit, the aircraft can perform Multi-Sensor Image Reconnaissance (MIR) and provide Close Air Support (CAS). With its increase in speed, altitude, range, performance, state-of-the-art flight station (which includes two heads-up displays (HUDs), night vision lighting, an augmented crew station, fully integrated digital avionics), enhanced air-to-air refueling capability, and aircraft survivability enhancements, the KC-130J provides the MAGTF commander with multi-mission capabilities well into the 21st Century.

StatusThe USMC requirement is for 79 KC-130Js. The legacy fleet of 51 KC-130F and R model aircraft were retired in February 2009, and 28 KC-130T model aircraft are yet to be replaced. As of October 2012, the USMC KC-130J inventory totaled 46 J-model Hercules.

DevelopersLockheed Martin Marietta, Georgia USA

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MH-53E Sea DragonDescriptionThe MH-53E provides Airborne Mine Countermeasure (AMCM) capability to naval forces. Through various mine-hunting and mine-sweeping systems, the MH-53E supports undersea warfare by defending the fleet from surface and sub-surface mine threats and ensuring sea lines of communication remain passable for not only carrier and expeditionary strike groups, but also for vital com-mercial shipping. The MH-53E provides the Navy’s only heavy-lift rotary-wing capability enabling over the horizon combat logistics support. Secondary missions include Vertical Onboard Delivery (VOD), Combat Logistics, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HA/DR), and Naval Special Warfare mission areas.

StatusThe MH-53E program is executing an in-service sustainment strategy to ensure continued AMCM and heavy lift support to the sea base until the transition to MH-60S and Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) MCM capability is completed. The sustainment strategy addresses fatigue, obsolescence, readiness, and safety issues. A Fatigue Life Extension (FLEX) program is in progress, which will increase the aircraft service life to 10,000 hours and enable the Navy to maintain a legacy AMCM capability through the 2025 timeframe. In spring 2012 the USS Ponce deployed to the Arabian Gulf as an afloat forward staging base (AFSB), providing staging for MH-53Es and associ-ated airborne mine-hunting and mine-sweeping systems. This conserves flying hours by reducing land-based transit flights to operating areas.

DevelopersSikorsky Aircraft Stratford, Connecticut USAGeneral Electric Lynn, Massachusetts USA

MH-60 R/S Seahawk Multi-Mission Combat HelicoptersDescriptionThe MH-60R and MH-60S multi-mission combat helicopters are the two pillars of the CNO’s Naval Helicopter Master Plan for the 21st Century. The complementary capabilities of these two he-licopters are ideally suited to “Hunter-Killer” teams, leveraging MH-60R sensors and MH-60S weapons systems to rapidly neu-tralize surface and subsurface threats. As the Helicopter Master Plan is being implemented, Seahawks are deploying in compan-ion squadrons as part of carrier air wings embarked in the Navy’s aircraft carriers and as detachments on surface warships, logistics ships, and amphibious ships and at overseas stations. The MH-60R provides anti-submarine and surface warfare capability with a suite of sensors and weapons that include dipping sonar, sur-face search radar, electronic support measures, advanced Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR), precision air-to-surface missiles, and torpedoes. The MH-60S provides surface and mine countermea-sure warfare capability, as well as robust Naval Special Warfare, Search and Rescue, Combat Search and Rescue, and logistics capa-bility, with air-to-ground weapons and the same FLIR and Link16 capability as the MH-60R. Airborne mine countermeasure opera-

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tions will be accomplished using advanced sensor and weapons packages to provide detection, localization, and neutralization of these anti-access threats. MH-60R/S platforms are produced with 85 percent common components (e.g., common cockpit and dynamic components) to simplify maintenance, logistics, and training.

StatusThe MH-60R completed its Operational Evaluation in the third quarter FY 2005. It was authorized to enter Full Rate Production in March 2006. The Navy plans to acquire 291 MH-60Rs. The MH-60S was approved for full-rate production in August 2002 and in late 2012 is undergoing scheduled block upgrades for Armed Helicopter and AMCM missions. The MH-60R/S programs en-tered into multi-year contracts with Sikorsky Aircraft Corpora-tion (MYP-8) for the airframe and Lockheed Martin (MYP-2) for the avionics systems for FYs 2012 through 2016. The Navy plans to acquire 275 MH-60S helicopters. In late 2012, there were 144 MH-60R and 211 MH-60S in the inventory.

DevelopersLockheed Martin Owego, New York USASikorsky Stratford, Connecticut USA

MV-22 OspreyDescriptionThe MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft––the only such operational military aircraft in the world––is an advanced technology vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL), multi-purpose tactical air-craft replacing the fleet of Vietnam-era CH-46E helicopters. The MV-22B is a multi-mission aircraft acquired by the Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force.

The MV-22B joins the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) and Land-ing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) as the sea-basing connectors neces-sary to execute expeditionary maneuver warfare. Specific missions for the MV-22B include expeditionary assault from land or sea; medium-lift assault support; aerial delivery; tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel; air evacuation; and rapid insertion and ex-traction.

The MV-22B’s design incorporates the sophisticated but mature technologies of composite materials, fly-by-wire flight controls, digital cockpits, and advanced manufacturing processes. The MV-22B’s prop-rotor system, engine and transmissions are mounted on each wingtip and allow it to operate as a helicopter for takeoff and landing. Once airborne, the nacelles rotate forward 90 de-grees, transitioning the MV-22 into a high-speed, high-altitude, and fuel-efficient turboprop aircraft.

The MV-22 will be the cornerstone of Marine Corps’ assault support capability, with the speed, endurance, and survivability needed to fight and win on tomorrow’s battlefield. This combat multiplier represents a quantum improvement in strategic mo-bility and tactical flexibility for expeditionary forces. The Osprey has a 325-nautical mile combat radius, can cruise at 262 knots,

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and is capable of carrying 24 combat-equipped Marines or a 12,500-pound external load. With a 2,100 nautical-mile single-aerial refueling range, the aircraft also has a strategic self-deploy-ment capability.

StatusThe Marine Corps’ transition from the CH-46E to the MV-22B continues at the approximate rate of two Ospreys delivered per month and two squadrons transitioned per year. Production of the MV-22B is based on a block production strategy, which is designed to provide continual life-cycle and capability improve-ments throughout the life of the platform.

Block A-series aircraft are designed to serve as non-deployable, training aircraft only, and they include software enhancements, a nacelle reconfiguration, and additional reliability and maintain-ability improvements compared to the original aircraft design. All 30 Block A aircraft were delivered as of 2011.

Block B-series aircraft are the deployable configuration of the MV-22B Osprey. These aircraft provide improvements in effec-tiveness and maintainability for operators and maintainers, in-cluding improved access to the nacelle for inspection purposes and substantial reliability and maintenance improvements across the entire platform. All 108 Block B aircraft were delivered as of January 2012.

Block C aircraft incorporate mission enhancements and increased operational capability. Enhancements will include multiple addi-tions: weather radar; a forward-firing ALE-47 dispenser; improved hover coupled features; an improved environmental conditioning system; and a troop commander situational awareness station. The first Block C aircraft was delivered to the fleet in January 2012.

DevelopersBell Helicopter Textron Fort Worth, Texas USABoeing Defense and Space Group, Helicopter Division Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USARolls Royce Indianapolis, Indiana USA

Naval Aviation Training AircraftDescriptionCommander, Naval Air Training Command’s (CNATRA) mission is to safely train and produce the world’s finest combat-quality aviation professionals––Aviators and Naval Flight Officers––and deliver them at the right time, in the right numbers, and at the right cost to the Fleet for follow-on tasking. This mission is key to affordable fleet readiness. CNATRA’s training aircraft inven-tory includes the T-34 Turbo Mentor, T-6 Texan II, T-45 Goshawk, TH-57 Sea Ranger, T-44 Pegasus, TC-12 Huron, and the T-39 Sabreliner.

The first aircraft that all aspiring future USN/USMC pilots and flight officers fly are the T-34C Turbo Mentor or the T-6B Texan II (pilots) and the T-6A Texan II (flight officers). The T-34 began its Navy career in 1977 and has successfully completed its service at NAS Pensacola and NAS Whiting Field where it was the primary

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training aircraft for Pilot and Undergraduate Military Flight Of-ficer (UMFO) syllabi. All primary UMFO training is now con-ducted in the T-6A. The T-34C continues to be used for primary pilot training at NAS Corpus Christi, but will be replaced by the T-6B. The transition to the T-6B began in April 2010 at NAS Whit-ing Field and is scheduled to conclude in FY 2015 at NAS Corpus Christi.

The Joint Primary Aircraft Training System comprises the T-6 air-craft, flight simulators, computer-aided academics, and a Training Integration Management System. Built by Hawker Beechcraft De-fense Corporation, the T-6 is a derivative of the Swiss Pilatus PC-9 aircraft and features a Pratt & Whitney PT-6A-68 engine, a digital cockpit, ejection seats, and cockpit pressurization and onboard oxygen-generating systems.

The T-45 Goshawk, the Navy version of the British Aerospace Hawk aircraft, is used for intermediate and advanced training in the strike (jet) pilot and UMFO syllabi. Upgrades to the T-45 in-clude the conversion from analog (T-45A) to digital cockpits (T-45C), resolving an engine-surge issue to enhance fuel efficiency and safety, and preservation of in-service aircraft through Service Life Assessment and Service Life Extension Programs.

The TH-57 Sea Ranger, the Navy version of the commercial Bell Jet Ranger, is used for advanced training in the rotary-wing pilot sylla-bus. The TH-57B (visual flight), the TH-57C (instrument flight), and associated simulators will be converted from analog to digital cockpits (TH-57D), ensuring aircraft availability and relevance through 2030.

The T-44 Pegasus and the TC-12 Huron are both twin turboprop, pressurized, fixed-wing aircraft that are used for intermediate and advanced training in the multi-engine and tilt-rotor pilot syllabi. Future improvements to the T-44 include the replacement of wing wiring and simulator upgrades, and the conversion from analog (T-44A) to digital cockpits (T-44C).

The T-39 Sabreliner is a multi-purpose low-wing, twin-turbojet aircraft that has been in naval service since the early 1990s. The T-39 is used for intermediate and advanced training in the strike/strike-fighter UMFO syllabi. The T-45 is being used for the tactical maneuvering portion of strike/strike-fighter UMFO syllabus and will begin replacing the T-39 as the advanced phase radar trainer in FY 2013 with the integration of the Virtual Mission Training System (VMTS), an embedded synthetic radar training system.

CNATRA has charted a course to revolutionize UMFO training by employing the T-6A, the T-45C with VMTS, and high-fidelity sim-ulators to train future UMFOs. This new training program will capitalize on cutting-edge technologies while allowing the Navy to divest of the aging T-39 platform. The new training syllabus is planned to achieve Initial Operating Capability at NAS Pensacola in FY 2013.

StatusThe T-6 is in production with a planned inventory objective of 295 aircraft, with the last aircraft to be procured in FY 2014.

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DevelopersHawker Beechcraft (T-6) Wichita, Kansas USABoeing (T-45) St. Louis, Missouri USA

P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA)DescriptionThe P-8A Poseidon recapitalizes the broad area Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW), and armed Intel-ligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability resident in the legacy P-3C Orion. The P-8A combines the proven reliability of the commercial 737 airframe, powerplants, and avionics with an open architecture that enables integration of modern sensors and communications networks. P-8A will leverage global logistics sup-port infrastructure and commercial training applications to pro-vide both higher operational availability and improved warfighting readiness. The P-8A will be built with incremental upgrades that include improved ASW sensors, network enabled ASW and ASUW weapons, sensor and targeting enhancements, and improved com-munications capability.

StatusThe P-8A program is meeting all cost, schedule, and performance parameters in accordance with the Acquisition Program Baseline. The MMA program received a Milestone 0 decision in March 2000 and explored concepts for MMA with industry. Included in the concepts was the integration of UAVs to augment MMA capability. An Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) began in the summer 2000 and leveraged previous analyses and the results of the industry studies. The AoA concluded that manned aircraft are an essential element of providing broad area maritime and littoral armed ISR, and that UAVs provided a transformational opportunity for obtaining ad-ditional capability.

In 2002, the Navy re-engaged industry in Component Advanced Development, concept refinement, architecture design, and re-quirements validation. USD (AT&L) approved a revised acqui-sition strategy to focus MMA on P-3 replacement and not a P-3 Service Life Extension. The Operational Requirements Document/Capability Development Document was endorsed by the Navy and Joint staff in preparation for a successful May 2004 Milestone B and entry into System Development and Demonstration. In June 2004, the Navy selected the McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company, as the single sys

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